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Great Keppel
Islanda great place for a tropical island vacation
experience

Off the Queensland coast city of Rockhampton sits Great
Keppel Island. Great Keppel offers a totally unique tropical island experience with 17 beautiful
beaches, many of them secluded and safe for swimming, acres of natural bushland and 28Km of golden sand. The
island is 43 Km in circumference and has heaps of colourful fish just right for snorkelling as have many of
Australia's exotic getaways.

Great Keppel is the largest island of the Great Keppel Group, which consist of
14 islands offering excellent marine life and great spots for snorkelling and diving. Other water sports include
windsurfing, sea kyaking and catamaran sailing.

Enjoy a sub-tropical climate on your exotic
vacation

Almost astride the Tropic of Capricorn, Great Keppel Island enjoys a
sub-tropical climate and near constant sea breezes which combined with the turquoise crystal of its waters
creates a vacation escape unique to the region.

Laced with picturesque walkng trails, the island lists 10 different tracks. The
island is a sanctuary to extensive native flora and fauna including more than 100 species of bird life including
rainbow parikeets, kookaburras and a diverse range of sea birds. It's also common to see goannas and
possums. The mangrove swamps near Leeke's Beach are particularly impressive. Great Keppel Island is more
than a place to lie in the sun.

It's accessibility - 20 minutes
by air from Rockhampton, 30 minutes by high speed catamaran from Rosslyn near Yeppoon and only 696Km north of
Brisbane makes it an exotic getaway which can be reached with a minimum of travel.